Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter from the Imrei Moshe - Brisk D'Lita, 1927
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Sokolovsky, dean of the "Torat Chessed yeshiva - Brisk D'Lita". Iyar, 1927.
Addressed to R. Yosef Shub of Vilna, director of the Vaad HaYeshivot, regarding funding for students requiring to go away for a vacation or for convalescence. He describes the success of the yeshiva, and the increase in the number of students, as well as the financial difficulties and the lack of space. He also writes of the new mashgiach who had joined the yeshiva staff, "the rabbi of Pinsk", and of his letter to R. Chaim Ozer, in which he requested help in procuring funding for the mashgiach's salary.
R. Moshe Sokolovsky (1868-1931), a leading Torah educator in Lithuania. He was a close disciple of R. Chaim Brisk. In 1896-1931, he served as dean of the Torat Chessed yeshiva in Brisk (Brest; together with R. Simcha Zelig Rieger). He was renowned for his exceptional diligence and absorption in his learning: "When he would go to deliver his class in the yeshiva, all his senses and thoughts were focused on the topic the class concerned, to the point that he often unknowingly bumped into trees, so focused as he was on his Torah studies.. one of the Torah leaders of our times attested that he was able to contemplate one topic for 16 hours" (Gedolei HaDorot, p. 1021). His book Imrei Moshe was received in the yeshiva world with great reverence, and serves until this day as a basic book for scholarly, in-depth study. His renowned disciples include: family members of R. Chaim and R. Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik Rabbis of Brisk (who valued him for his profound and logical reasoning), R. Moshe Soloveitchik of Switzerland, his colleague R. Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman author of Ayelet HaShachar, R. Aryeh Pomeranchik author of Torat Zera'im and R. Ze'ev Eidelman.
The mashgiach mentioned in the letter is R. Avraham Yaakov Gordon Rabbi of Pinsk, who raised the spiritual standard of the yeshiva since his appointment as its mashgiach in 1925 (see: Yeshurun, 27, p. 831; HaRav MiBrisk, I, pp. 250-252).
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Approx. 23 autograph lines. Good condition. Creases and wear. Filing holes affecting text.
Addressed to R. Yosef Shub of Vilna, director of the Vaad HaYeshivot, regarding funding for students requiring to go away for a vacation or for convalescence. He describes the success of the yeshiva, and the increase in the number of students, as well as the financial difficulties and the lack of space. He also writes of the new mashgiach who had joined the yeshiva staff, "the rabbi of Pinsk", and of his letter to R. Chaim Ozer, in which he requested help in procuring funding for the mashgiach's salary.
R. Moshe Sokolovsky (1868-1931), a leading Torah educator in Lithuania. He was a close disciple of R. Chaim Brisk. In 1896-1931, he served as dean of the Torat Chessed yeshiva in Brisk (Brest; together with R. Simcha Zelig Rieger). He was renowned for his exceptional diligence and absorption in his learning: "When he would go to deliver his class in the yeshiva, all his senses and thoughts were focused on the topic the class concerned, to the point that he often unknowingly bumped into trees, so focused as he was on his Torah studies.. one of the Torah leaders of our times attested that he was able to contemplate one topic for 16 hours" (Gedolei HaDorot, p. 1021). His book Imrei Moshe was received in the yeshiva world with great reverence, and serves until this day as a basic book for scholarly, in-depth study. His renowned disciples include: family members of R. Chaim and R. Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik Rabbis of Brisk (who valued him for his profound and logical reasoning), R. Moshe Soloveitchik of Switzerland, his colleague R. Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman author of Ayelet HaShachar, R. Aryeh Pomeranchik author of Torat Zera'im and R. Ze'ev Eidelman.
The mashgiach mentioned in the letter is R. Avraham Yaakov Gordon Rabbi of Pinsk, who raised the spiritual standard of the yeshiva since his appointment as its mashgiach in 1925 (see: Yeshurun, 27, p. 831; HaRav MiBrisk, I, pp. 250-252).
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Approx. 23 autograph lines. Good condition. Creases and wear. Filing holes affecting text.
Letters - Lithuanian, Polish and Eretz Israeli Rabbis
Letters - Lithuanian, Polish and Eretz Israeli Rabbis